Historical Events in May 1950

May 5 Bhumibol Adulyadej crowned King Rama IX of Thailand in the Royal Palace in Bangkok

May 6 "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 performances
May 6 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6

May 8 Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons

May 9 French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
May 9 Norman Dello Joio's opera, The Triumph of St. Joan, premieres in Bronxville, New York
May 10 1st Netherlands-US telex sent
May 11 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die

May 11 Eugene Ionesco's first play "La Cantatrice Chauve" (The Bald Soprano ) premieres in Paris
May 12 Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar" premieres in Paris
May 13 Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards
May 13 First ever race of the FIA World Championship of Drivers Champonship held at Silverstone, England and won by Giuseppe Farina of Alfa Romeo
May 14 Pitts Johnny Hopp goes 6 for 6 including 2 HRs
May 18 "Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 12 performances
May 18 Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders
May 19 NY Times reports of worlds smallest & dumbest mechanical brain
May 20 75th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2
May 21 Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia
May 22 Celal Bayar elected President of Turkey
May 22 Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize
May 22 Richard Strauss' "4 Last Songs" (4 letzte Lieder) in London
May 25 Brooklyn Battery Tunnel opens in NYC
May 27 "Arms & the Girl" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 134 performances
May 27 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens
May 29 3rd British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "Bicycle Thieves" Best Film
May 31 Indianapolis 500: Due to rain, race shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins
May 31 Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial